Definitions for revenue
ˈrɛv ənˌyu, -əˌnurev·enue

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gross, revenue, receiptsnoun

   the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

2. tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenuenoun

   government income due to taxation

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revenuenoun

   The income returned by an investment

2. revenuenoun

   The total income received from a given source

3. revenuenoun

   All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means

4. revenuenoun

   The total sales; turnover.

5. revenuenoun

   The net revenue, net sales.

6. Etymology: Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from revenue, from "a return" (modern French 'revenu'), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (=modern French), from revenire, from re- + venire

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Revenuenoun

   Income; annual profits received from lands or other funds.

   Etymology: revenu, Fr.

   They privily send over unto them the revenues, wherewith they are there maintained. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   She bears a duke’s revenues on her back,
   And in her heart scorns our poverty. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   Only I retain
   The name and all th’ addition to a king;
   The sway, revenue, beloved sons, be yours. William Shakespeare.

   Many offices are of so small revenue, as not to furnish a man with what is sufficient for the support of his life. William Temple.

   If the woman could have been contented with golden eggs, she might have kept that revenue on still. Roger L'Estrange.

   His vassals easy, and the owner blest,
   They pay a trifle, and enjoy the rest:
   Not so a nation’s revenues are paid;
   The servant’s faults are on the master laid. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Revenuenoun

   that which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income

2. Revenuenoun

   hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise

3. Revenuenoun

   the annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use

4. Etymology: [F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See Come.]

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1. Revenue

   In business, revenue or turnover is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover. Some companies receive revenue from interest, royalties, or other fees. Revenue may refer to business income in general, or it may refer to the amount, in a monetary unit, received during a period of time, as in "Last year, Company X had revenue of $42 million." Profits or net income generally imply total revenue minus total expenses in a given period. In accounting, revenue is often referred to as the "top line" due to its position on the income statement at the very top. This is to be contrasted with the "bottom line" which denotes net income. For non-profit organizations, annual revenue may be referred to as gross receipts. This revenue includes donations from individuals and corporations, support from government agencies, income from activities related to the organization's mission, and income from fundraising activities, membership dues, and financial investments such as stock shares in companies. In general usage, revenue is income received by an organization in the form of cash or cash equivalents. Sales revenue or revenues is income received from selling goods or services over a period of time. Tax revenue is income that a government receives from taxpayers.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Revenue

   rev′en-ū (earlier rē-ven′ū), n. the receipts or rents from any source: return, as a revenue of praise: income: the income of a state.—n. Rev′enue-cut′ter, an armed vessel employed by custom-house officers in preventing smuggling.—adj. Rev′enued.—ns. Rev′enue-en′sign, a distinctive flag authorised in 1798 in United States; Rev′enue-off′icer, an officer of the customs or excise; In′land-rev′enue, revenue derived from stamps, excise, income-tax, &c. [Fr. revenue, pa.p. of revenir, to return—L. revenīre—re-, back, venīre, to come.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revenue

   In cases of revenue proceedings, the law harshly provides that the onus probandi is to be on the claimant, however injured.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revenue

   An amount of income.

   Government generates its own revenue and apportions it to various elements of society.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Government Income
   • Sum

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'revenue' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2569

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'revenue' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2434

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'revenue' in Nouns Frequency: #877

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of revenue in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of revenue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of revenue in a Sentence

1. Timothy Kaldas:

   To raise your revenue by the margins (being seen by some state companies) I suspect would require a deliberate injection of cash or other help by the state, this indicates that the government is doubling down on this sort of regime-led capitalism beyond the security sector.

2. Chief Financial Officer Tim Score:

   Following the acceleration in royalty revenue growth in the second half of 2014, and with a wide range of OEMs (manufacturers) introducing products based on ARM's V8 architecture this year, the outlook for royalty revenues this year is very encouraging.

3. Raz Itzhaki Tamir:

   Currently, if an antenna is not perfect, you have to live with it, with the losses, we can change that and be flexible, thus gaining more revenue from the satellite.

4. Richard Harris:

   We want to keep revenue inside the travel sector rather than leaking out in the billions to Google.

5. Army Gen. John Nicholson:

   Helmand has been the financial engine of the insurgency. The Taliban draws 60 percent of their revenue from narcotics (and) criminal activity.

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